A theoretical treatment of adsorption of radon gas on charcoal

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 930-938

  Wang, Ding ^a   Chiang, Hai Pang ^a   Shiau, Yuo Hsien ^a   Tse, Wan Sun ^a   Skrable, Kenneth ^b   Li, Kuang Pang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Charcoal bed; Diffusion; High diurnal fluctuations; Poly exponential functions; Radon concentrations; Radon gas; Radon monitoring; Theoretical treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013195287     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1997.9733766     Document Type: Article

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